I've been of this opinion for years. But I'm thinking more Saudi Arabia.

With you all on this one. He'd shave his face up, clean up his look, wear modern clothes and nobody would be able to pick him out of a crowd.He's rich as hell and I don't think it takes an enormous amount of work in those M.E countries to change your identity.Of course, he'd change his name to something ridiculously obvious..Osama Bin Fishin

what_now:GAT_00: I'd still like to know why it is/was so farking hard to find a six and a half foot Arab on dialysis.

Because we stopped looking 7 years and 10 months ago.

more so, when we had "actionable intel" and willing soldiers ready to go get him, why was the mission scrapped last minute. Listen, I dont think we should unnecessarily send our troops into situation where they may be at great risk, but the men on the ground in tora bora on that fateful night were ready to go. And it was pretty much confirmed he was there. We had nothern alliance with us and while the mission would have resulted in probably pretty high casualties, this is war. We had our chance. And someone pulled the rug out.

vinnydoz007:what_now: GAT_00: I'd still like to know why it is/was so farking hard to find a six and a half foot Arab on dialysis.

Because we stopped looking 7 years and 10 months ago.

more so, when we had "actionable intel" and willing soldiers ready to go get him, why was the mission scrapped last minute. Listen, I dont think we should unnecessarily send our troops into situation where they may be at great risk, but the men on the ground in tora bora on that fateful night were ready to go. And it was pretty much confirmed he was there. We had nothern alliance with us and while the mission would have resulted in probably pretty high casualties, this is war. We had our chance. And someone pulled the rug out.

Bobo_Spiewack:vinnydoz007: what_now: GAT_00: I'd still like to know why it is/was so farking hard to find a six and a half foot Arab on dialysis.

Because we stopped looking 7 years and 10 months ago.

more so, when we had "actionable intel" and willing soldiers ready to go get him, why was the mission scrapped last minute. Listen, I dont think we should unnecessarily send our troops into situation where they may be at great risk, but the men on the ground in tora bora on that fateful night were ready to go. And it was pretty much confirmed he was there. We had nothern alliance with us and while the mission would have resulted in probably pretty high casualties, this is war. We had our chance. And someone pulled the rug out.

Are you talking about the Bill Clinton "Wag the Dog" incident?

Or was there another time he could have been had?

I believe this was post 9/11. I cant remember exactly. They talk about it in Ghost Wars by Steve Coll. AWESOME BOOK.

"On the 2007 tape, the al Qaeda leader had even dyed his white-flecked beard black, suggesting that as the Saudi militant entered his fifth decade, he was not immune to a measure of vanity about his personal appearance."

While it isn't as satisfying, it may be for the best. Having the US kill or imprison him would have become a rallying cry for every Islamic extremist from here to Kabul. Better to let him slide into obscurity. Sure we talk about him, but how often does his image appear in protests like they did in the first few years? Does he still have the recruiting draw he did in 2002?

/don't know the answer//Either dead or in some Pakistani compound. The Kingdom doesn't trust him either so he won't be there unless he's hiding.